diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/build b/packages/devel/readline/build
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build ncurses
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --enable-static \
-            --disable-shared \
-            --with-curses
-
-make
-
-$MAKEINSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/unpack b/packages/devel/readline/unpack
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options
-
-$SCRIPTS/fixconfigtools $PKG_BUILD/support
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/url b/packages/devel/readline/url
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-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.0.tar.gz